HUBUNGAN ANTARA BEBAN DENGAN STRES PADA PENGASUH (CAREGIVER)YANG MERAWAT ANAK AUTIS DI SLB NEGERI SEMARANG

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder in children that cannot communicate and express their feelings and desires so that the behaviour of relationships with others is disrupted. Autism caregiver show that they have a burden and stress. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between caregiver burdens and stress in autism caregiver. This research design is correlational study. The sampling technique in this study used total sampling of 50 autism caregivers in SLB Semarang. The result from pearson product moment test showed that there is a strong and positive relationship between burden and stress on autism caregiver (r corelation=0,878). These results indicate that the higher caregiver burdens, the higher stress of autism caregiver. Caregivers who have high stress and burden can lead to poor parenting, which can disturb the growth and development of children and worsen the autism severity. Caregiver need to improve the role and function of families and empower family members to care for autistic children.